any good essays about why there are so many horror movies about single mothers with children?
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I can't think of even one beyond Psycho. Your input set is clearly biased.
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hmm I've watched the ring and the exorcist, but had entirely forgotten they were single moms since that's not central to plot
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maybe as basic as we're all primed to view absence of an obvious protector-male as vulnerability, whether or not that's pc
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yeah perhaps. a situation that creates live-wire emotional response, for narrative purposes.

